Word: accountability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Back in his seat, Wahid, 59, appeared to doze for a time until he was helped to the podium again to make his acceptance speech. After promising economic reform, Wahid cut his speech short, "because the longer I speak, the more we will have to account for later." The 700 delegates burst into laughter as the tension evaporated. The man fondly known by the nickname "Gus Dur" had shown once more that despite his physical frailty, neither his wit nor his wits had deserted...
...employer retirement plans, the typical account has 61% in stocks. Most people should have at least 70% of their long-term savings in stocks--up to 85% if you are under age 50. If you're in good health, wait at least until age 65 to scale back. With a life expectancy into the 80s, you have lots of time...
...sure are proud of ourselves. Technology lets us work less and do more, while the bull market lets us save less and put more away for retirement. A new study celebrates the finding that a record 48% of American households own stocks, which now account for 35% of all household financial assets, at least a 50-year high. On Oct. 29, PBS will air Stockholder Society, a special that extols the virtues of the public's widening stake in the economy. Yes, we're doing some things right...
...stock markets and ceaseless financial trading, round-the-clock shopping and the growing importance of the unsleeping Internet. The old notion of blue-collar night-shifters no longer applies: managers and professionals, who just 10 years ago made up only a tiny percentage of the shift work force, now account for more than...
...services firms, is putting that principle into practice at its four regional call centers, in Indianapolis, Ind.; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix, Ariz.; and Denver. Some 300 of the 3,500 brokers and customer-service representatives at the centers work in the evening or at night, answering calls on everything from account balances to securities prices. When Deborah Maldeney, now a team manager at Schwab's Indianapolis center, joined the company, she took advantage of one of the 40 different job schedules Schwab offered her. She needed to begin work after finishing her evening M.B.A. classes at Butler University, so she chose...